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Abbi

What kind of plant is this and how should I care for it? I know it looks awful, it was in the lowes clearance section.

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  1. Delani

    It’s an alocasia it’s best to have a mixture of soil and orchid bark and they need lot of humidity and they’re very hard to take care of in my experience.

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  2. Amie206

    Actually look pretty good for an Alocasia!

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  3. Abbi

    Uh oh, this doesn't sound good. Do you know what kind of alocasia it is?

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  4. All_things_plants

    Alocaisa dragon scale

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  5. All_things_plants

    Nope just kidding it is a Alocaisa silver dragon

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  6. Abbi

    Ok thanks, I thot it might be that but I wasnt sure. How much water do they need?

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  7. ElizabethF

    Seconding the Alocasia silver dragon. My best advice is make the change to semi hydro while it’s still relatively small. Semi hydro makes taking care of Alocasia much easier since they like to stay moist. Have my Alocasia all in semi hydro and it has made it much easier to take care of them.

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  8. Abbi

    To be honest, I don't know what semi hydro is. Could you explain?

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    • AKFeight

      Check out some YouTube videos. Seems intimidating at first, but it’s actually easier in many ways. It’s growing without soil, using a water resevoir.

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    • Abbi

      Ok I actually searched it on some of these groups and it kinda sounded like a whole bunch more equipment and since I'm a 15 year old without a job I figured it would pry be easier to stick to soil. So far I've repotted it and separated the babies that had grown from corms, and it looks good.🤞

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    • Buffy

      Good for you to have such an interest in plants. I have three and mine are in soil with perlite and orchid bark. I use an small humidifier and have wet pebble saucers that they sit on. So far so good for me but I have only had them a few months! Keep us posted, Abbi🙂

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    • Abbi

      Weeeeell let's just say that I didn't run a humidifier for a couple of days so the the main plant is having a tantrum about that. But the babies r all doing fine(knock on wood).

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  9. Plant.It Pluto

    Silver dragon alocasia. I keep all mine in a chunky mix.

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    • Abbi

      Thanks, that's good to know.

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